Those in west Alabama get to decide whether or not to renew their property taxes.

Auto mechanics and welding are just two of the classes offered at the Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy. Both students from Tuscaloosa city and county schools systems take the classes. But programs like those could be scaled back if Tuesday’s property tax vote isn't approved.

Local leaders said the impact isn't just on those in the public school systems, they believe the vote encompasses all those apart of the community.

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“It’s about the employees they are going to bring to Tuscaloosa and what kind of attraction Tuscaloosa will have for them. So they want a school system that's vibrate, that is graduating children that offers a lot of different programs because its important in recruitment of their workers,” Mark Nelson, a Tuscaloosa County School Board member, said.

Ann Whitten with a Tuscaloosa County Tea Party organization is in favor of the renewal. She said, “If we expect Alabama to move forward and have hi-tech businesses locate in Tuscaloosa and the state we must have the best and brightest children ready to fill those positions and we do that only through education.”

If the tax is renewed it will last for another 30 years.

For a house in the Tuscaloosa city limits that is valued at $100,000 property taxes would be $210.